The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-13

reaching Ohstswo,th, and found that
there were q few over 600 PER.
sons on the train. He said
he believed there were only
three or four dead parsons In Piper
City. The witness did no. think it
was possible that any body con d have
bee 30 firndish as to bum the bridge.
About one week ego the eraes
along the right OF waynesr the
bridge bad be-, n burned of. T. Q
train was running, he judgen,
a1out thirty five miles an hou at the
time of the &C ;ident Eoginstr su'h.
era old him that he raw a very
sms bl ze before re ichipg The bridge,
but thought 1t wac q few leaves burn.
ing outside the track. The engineer
slso told him that he did not see the
FIRE until he got directely over the
bridge, arc ,hen he called for brakes,
but II wss to late too avert the scci-
dent. The witn.ss renamed az the
wreck until 7 o'clock In the morning
and saw to the handling Of the bodies
he saw one or two psrsons exsmin
ing the pockets Of the dead. He was
informed by those making the search
that II was their relatives whom they
we're searching. II re he'd bad any
suspicion that the bodies were beiI z
Z q ed by these persons his suspicious
would have been dissrmed by
the way In which The persons max
ing the search answered him.
He saw no one ro5bing
the dead or cutting on fingers from
the dead to secure rings. There was
plenty OF help to get bodice out Of the
wreck, valuable assistance beiDg rem.
dered by the Obatsworlh Fire Com
psny. Iu . corn 6eld near the wreck
he heard q man calling "Help, help !"
The witness went toward the scene
and und q man with his left leg
broken above the ankle. The man
asked him to turn his toes down. The
witness did 90 and told q farmer boy,
who came along with bucket CT wa.
ter, to stay near this man while the
witness went to the assistance OF Others
Ia few minutes after leaving him the
witness heard shot, aud turning back
found the man had shot himself In the
I rehe.d, producing instant death.
The boy had meanwhile gone away q
short distance to give water to another
wounded person. The witness re-
member, d having noticsd the de-
ceated trying TO get something out Of
his pocket while the witness was turn
inc his tos a inuard
J II. MARKLKY, MASTER CT THE BRIDaKs
aud bnilding Of the Toledo, Peoria and
Wabash road, testified that he inspect
ed the bridge in May last. IL was
made OF two pile ben 9, -four pilines to
each bent. Il was fifteen iest long
snd ak feet high. The sIipgers were
eeven by sxieeo feet, two OF them
being under each raj. The ties were
six by eight feet aud nine feet long
The strirgers, ties an1 guard rail were
ppt In fourteen monibs sRo. The
pfiny was good for about two Yeas
There was wall Of old ,iibers al
each end OF the bridge 10 keep up the
embankInent. It's condition was good.
The witness examined the bridge yes.
terdsy and found nothing ltit bu,
part Of The partly burned curb and a
few pieces Of email timber. The piles
were buraed Of close to tbs groupd
three or four Of them sticking up tso
ieet from the ground. The witues,
thought that II would take about two
hours for snch bridge 10 burn. Two
other bridges on the road had beer
burned this year. but had been seer
10 time to prevent any accident; this
burned bridge was shout fso miis
and a half east Of Chatsworth. Az
this point the inquest was adjIutnsd
until today, when Engineer suther.
land. Fireman Appleyreen, several
section men: and me Of the passen.
gers In the ualn Will be examined.